Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). I call this “marketing futures.&# You need some guidelines to make decisions.

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Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business: the science of marketing, body language, motivating employees – crowdspring.co/1jApJZ7. Measurable Metrics for Your PR Team – crowdspring.co/1fsgR2k.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). When to start PR?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. And market your brand, not your personality.

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PR Technical Review Portfolio Customer Development 279

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good insight from Len Kendall on the challenges of marketing for startups and SMBs – crowdspring.co/17tjW2E. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 9 Twitter Chats on Marketing | Heroic Search – crowdspring.co/XuWOyO. Kevin Spacey’s Top 3 Tips For Better Storytelling (in marketing) – crowdspring.co/1mlpPJt.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Fantastic essay by @abbymyles on the current obsession with design/designers & market realities – crowdspring.co/1lWpMjT. 1mAl75N. . ” – crowdspring.co/1j0HTod.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 28, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 11 Beautiful Portfolios to Keep you Inspired – crowdspring.co/1giHY5m.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Three Long-Held Concepts Every Marketer Should Rethink | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/M5TsNZ. 42 Mockup And Wireframing Tools For Developers – crowdspring.co/1fdB7Z4.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 12 free email marketing templates for small businesses | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1nSfwgB. Best Practices for Mobile SEO | Mobile Marketing – crowdspring.co/ZvOJfc.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What are key strategies to acquire first 100k users with zero marketing budget? Startup PR Tip: To Get Press, Don’t Pitch Your Product – [link]. Quora – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 94

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. 10 Code Playgrounds for Developers – crowdspring.co/1jB2aSC.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Digital Marketers on Twitter: What They Share, Whom They Retweet | MarketingProfs – [link]. Did Google just kill PR agencies? New tools for web design and development |.net

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Content writers are needed by many websites to generate blog articles, marketing materials, sales pieces and other written content. Freelance Web Developers Are In High Demand Today. Being a web developer, you can work on many projects individually or make yourself available for hiring a single firm. Go For Content Writing.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2018

Things get even more difficult for people who are not tech-savvy and often have to depend on third-party web developers and designers as these service usually come with a big price tag. So what to do when you have many other (more important) start-up costs to cover and are unable to afford a web developer? Source: Openvine.

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Cost Web Development eCommerce Philippines 75

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign? I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. In other words, you should focus first on a great product/service, and only after you’ve achieved that worry about PR.

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PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Should You Give Up On Social Media Marketing? Secret To Building Great Teams, Marketing Myths – [link]. Should You Give Up On Social Media Marketing? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

One of the most frequent questions entrepreneurs ask about when they raise a little bit of money or are getting close to launching their first product is whether they should hire a PR firm. PR is a process, not an event - For starters let me say that you shouldn’t do PR around milestones.

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PR Startup Hiring Social Network 349

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. I often tell people that in some ways it’s easier to build great companies in down markets.

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Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How Much Can You Really Spend on Marketing? How To Use Portfolio Theory At Your Startup | by Chris Yeh – crowdspring.co/1jkfmFu. How Much Can You Really Spend on Marketing?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Breaking Down the Methodology Behind Word of Mouth Marketing | by Dan Martell – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Public Speaking – [link]. Great example – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lookalike audiences: the next big thing in marketing? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Are All Marketers Liars or Just Good Storytellers? The Secret to Successful Content Marketing – crowdspring.co/1en5tK5. Are All Marketers Liars or Just Good Storytellers?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Can Brands Market on Facebook Without Actually Spending Money on Advertising? PR people continue to struggle with social media – [link]. Less marketing douchebaggery.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – entm.ag/11mJBHi. Three questions to ask your marketing team – crowdspring.co/18n7nWC. 15u5zHF.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question. I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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PR Early Stage Software Naming 150

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! There’s a science to marketing, and colors play a big role in helping to persuade. For the full post, look in the Social Media & Marketing section below. Should you? |

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2018

For example, if you’re looking to better understanding your market and what makes them tick, it may be a smart idea to try and find a data analyst to help you develop an algorithm that can help you better understand your audience. If you’re a web developer, you probably don’t need another one on your team just yet.

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Entrepreneur Algorithm Hiring Web Development 177

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! America’s Best Marketing Universities: Outbound And Outdated? “When our important brands depend on a 97% homogeneous group for ideas, the 3% problem is an injustice to marketing.”

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Is Small Business Marketing On Facebook A Complete Failure? 7 Ways to Make Your Business Card Your Best Marketing Tool – entm.ag/12oQZzW. Failure Is Overrated – fi.co/posts/2441.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business: 4 keys to success, 2014 trends, content marketing – crowdspring.co/19PV71E. Marketing Automation has big promise, but also big holes - crowdspring.co/16aWGYX.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 22, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing Tips: Blogging to Build Audience and Drive Traffic – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Blogging to Build Audience and Drive Traffic – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – [link]. Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 21 Creative online portfolio sites and applications – [link]. 10 Things Clients Look For In a Design Portfolio – [link]. eCommerce UI Part 3: Navigation - [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 77

View from Seed

AUGUST 27, 2014

He wasn’t a former marketer or a former teacher or even a former liberal arts major. And that’s why we need to collectively scrap the usual hiring process if we want to bring in great writers to run our blogs, our PR, or our content marketing in general. Scrapping the Standard Playbook.

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Hiring Startup Technical Review PR 335

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. look at their portfolio list.

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Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. Some say it’s a marketing and story-telling problem. Half our portfolio is consumer.

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Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120